# Sunny - Hardcover

by **Jason Reynolds** (Author)

**Sunny tries to shine despite his troubled past in this third novel in the critically acclaimed Track series from National Book Award finalist Jason Reynolds.**

Ghost. Patina. Sunny. Lu. Four kids from wildly different backgrounds, with personalities that are explosive when they clash. But they are also four kids chosen for an elite middle school track team--a team that could qualify them for the Junior Olympics. They all have a lot of lose, but they all have a lot to prove, not only to each other, but to themselves. Sunny is the main character in this novel, the third of four books in Jason Reynold's electrifying middle grade series.

Sunny is just that--sunny. Always ready with a goofy smile and something nice to say, Sunny is the chillest dude on the Defenders team. But Sunny's life hasn't always been sun beamy-bright. You see, Sunny is a murderer. Or at least he thinks of himself that way. His mother died giving birth to him, and based on how Sunny's dad treats him--ignoring him, making Sunny call him Darryl, never "Dad"--it's no wonder Sunny thinks he's to blame. It seems the only thing Sunny can do right in his dad's eyes is win first place ribbons running the mile, just like his mom did. But Sunny doesn't like running, never has. So he stops. Right in the middle of a race.

With his relationship with his dad now worse than ever, the last thing Sunny wants to do is leave the other newbies--his only friends--behind. But you can't be on a track team and _not run_. So Coach asks Sunny what he wants to do. Sunny's answer? Dance. Yes, dance. But you also can't be on a track team and _dance_. Then, in a stroke of genius only Jason Reynolds can conceive, Sunny discovers a track event that encompasses the hard hits of hip-hop, the precision of ballet, and the showmanship of dance as a whole: the discus throw. As Sunny practices the discus, learning when to let go at just the right time, he'll let go of everything that's been eating him up inside, perhaps just in time.

### Author Biography

Jason Reynolds is a #1 _New York Times_ bestselling author, a Newbery Award Honoree, a Printz Award Honoree, a two-time National Book Award finalist, a Kirkus Award winner, a Carnegie Medal winner, a two-time Walter Dean Myers Award winner, an NAACP Image Award Winner, a two-time Odyssey Award Honoree, the recipient of multiple Coretta Scott King honors, and the Margaret A. Edwards Award. He was also the 2020-2022 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. His many books include _All American Boys_ (cowritten with Brendan Kiely); _When I Was the Greatest_; _The Boy in the Black Suit_; _Stamped_; _As Brave as You_; _For Every One_; the Track series (_Ghost, Patina, Sunny_, and _Lu_); _Look Both Ways_; _Stuntboy, in the Meantime_; _Ain't Burned All the Bright,_ and _My Name Is Jason. Mine Too._ (both cowritten with Jason Griffin); and _Long Way Down_, which received a Newbery Honor, a Printz Honor, and a Coretta Scott King Honor. He lives in Washington, DC. You can find his ramblings at JasonWritesBooks.com.

**Number of Pages:** 176

**Dimensions:** 0.8 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN

**Publication Date:** April 10, 2018

**Accelerated Reader:**

**Quiz Name:** Sunny

**Interest Level:** Middle Grades, 4-8

**Reading Level:** 4.5

**Point Value:** 4

## Details

- **Price:** 17.99 USD
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- **Type:** Books
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